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It's always a joy to come 44 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 5: into your homes and if you're ever in our area, 45 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 5: please stop by and be a part of one of 46 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 5: our services. These are the finest people in all of Houston, 47 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 5: Texas right here at Lafloyd. But thanks for tuning in, 48 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 5: Thanks again for coming out. And I like to start 49 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 5: with something funny. And I heard about this five year 50 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 5: old boy named Tommy. Was his grandmother's birthday, and after 51 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 5: wishing her a happy birthday, he said, grandmother, how old 52 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 5: are you? She said, Tommy, I'm thirty nine and holding 53 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 5: he thought about it a moment, said grandmother, how old 54 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 5: would you be if you let go hold up your Bible, 55 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 5: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 56 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 5: I am what it says. 57 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 6: I am. 58 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 59 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 60 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 61 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 62 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 63 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about It's a simple thing. 64 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 5: We all face situations that look impossible. It's easy to 65 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 5: get discourage and think about how it's never going to 66 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 5: work out, but we need to keep the right perspective. 67 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 5: God already has the solution. Nothing you're facing is a 68 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 5: surprise to God. It may look complicated to you. But 69 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 5: to him, it's a simple thing. It's no big deal. 70 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 5: He spoke worlds into existence, he flung stars into space. 71 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 5: He knows how to get you to your destiny. Think 72 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 5: about David when he faced Goliath, a huge giant nearly 73 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 5: twice his size. It looked impossible. Goliath was the Navy 74 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 5: seal of that day, the biggest, strongest, most experienced. David 75 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 5: was a teenager taking care of his father's sheep. He 76 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 5: didn't have any military training. But it's interesting. God didn't 77 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 5: need the latest weapon for David. He didn't need a 78 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 5: full set of armor, years of training, troops backing him up. 79 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 5: All what God needed was a slingshot, a simple thing. 80 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 5: That slingshot helped David to not only defeat Goliath, but 81 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 5: it eventually put him on the throne of Israel. When 82 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 5: four lepers were surrounded by an army locked outside their 83 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 5: city's gates, they didn't have a chance. All the odds 84 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 5: were against them. They had nothing to lose, so they 85 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 5: started walking toward the enemy's camp. God caused the sound 86 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 5: of their footsteps to be multiplied to where it sounded 87 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 5: like a huge army was approaching. When the enemy heard it, 88 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 5: they panicked, and took off running. Those lepers not only 89 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 5: saved their lives, they saved the entire city of Samaria 90 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 5: the sound of their footsteps. A simple thing. When thousands 91 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 5: of people were out on the beach late one evening, hungry, 92 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 5: no food, no grocery stores, Jesus took five loaves of bread, 93 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 5: two fish, a simple thing, a little boy's lunch. He 94 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 5: prayed over it. It multiplied and fed the thousands. When 95 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 5: Peter needed money for taxes, Jesus told him to go 96 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 5: to the lake, and the first fish you catch will 97 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 5: have money for both yours and my taxes. Catching a 98 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 5: fish a simple thing. We think, how am I ever 99 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 5: going to get out of debt? How will I send 100 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 5: my kids to college? It's so expensive. Let me tell 101 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 5: you how. A simple thing, one good break, one idea, 102 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 5: one phone call, one slingshot, one little boy's lunch. God 103 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 5: has some simple things in your future. You don't have 104 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 5: to have the most talent, the most experienced, the most qualifications. 105 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 5: One touch of God's favor, one simple thing can thrust 106 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 5: you to a new level. One simple thing and you'll 107 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 5: defeat your giants. One simple thing and your health will 108 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 5: turn around, The problem will resolve the legal situation will solve. Now, 109 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 5: quit telling yourself if it's too big, it's too hard, 110 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 5: it's never gonna work out. Our attitude should be this 111 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 5: may look impossible to me, but God, I know to 112 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 5: you it's a simple thing. All power is in your hands. 113 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 5: You control the universe. So I'm not going to go 114 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 5: around worried, upset, wondering if it's gonna work out. I'm 115 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 5: gonna stay in faith knowing that you have some simple 116 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 5: things come in my way. See, too many people go 117 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 5: through life thinking of all the reasons why they can't 118 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 5: be successful, why they can't overcome the challenge, why they'll 119 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 5: never get well. Joel, I've had this sickness so long, 120 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 5: or everybody in my family struggles with these same addictions. 121 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 5: I don't have the talent, the personality. It's not going 122 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 5: to work out. No, get rid of that defeated mindset. 123 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 5: Let these words sink down into your spirit. It's a 124 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 5: simple thing for God to bring your dreams to pass. 125 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 5: It's a simple thing for you to live healthy in Whome. 126 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:57,839 Speaker 5: It's a simple thing for you to meet the right 127 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 5: person for you to live debt. God is not up 128 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 5: in the heaven scratching his head, thinking, man, this is 129 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 5: so complicated. They got me stumped. God already has the solution. 130 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 5: He's already lined up the right people, the right breaks, 131 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 5: the right opportunities. They are already in your future, just 132 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 5: waiting for you to walk into them. If you'll keep 133 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 5: moving forward in faith, honoring God being your best, you 134 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 5: will come in to some of these simple things that 135 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 5: God has already lined up for you. I talked to 136 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 5: a young lady that wanted to attend a certain college, 137 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 5: and she applied for a scholarship, and they called her 138 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 5: in for an interview. But the man she was talking 139 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 5: with was very unfriendly, just matter of fact. She could 140 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 5: tell he wasn't for her. A few days she received 141 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 5: an email saying there were no scholarships available, but she 142 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 5: could kept back in a month or so. She went 143 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 5: back and met with the man, same thing. Very curt 144 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 5: I told you, there are no scholarships available. It's almost 145 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 5: like she was bothering the man. She decided to go 146 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 5: back and check one last time. She made an appointment, 147 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 5: but this time the man had to unexpectedly be out 148 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 5: of town. His supervisor was feeling in for him that day. 149 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 5: This lady was totally different She was kind, friendly, very helpful. 150 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 5: Now she was looking over her records and personal information. 151 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 5: She noticed that the young lady attends Lakewood. She smiled 152 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 5: real big and said, you got the right person today. 153 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 5: I've been attending Lakewood for over twenty years. This supervisor 154 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 5: went to her office, came back in a half hour, 155 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 5: not only awarded her a full four year scholarship, but 156 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,599 Speaker 5: she included all of her books, everything she needed to 157 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 5: get started. What was that? A simple thing? God moved 158 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 5: the wrong person out and put the right person in it. 159 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 5: She may have never been able to win over that 160 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 5: other man, but that didn't matter. God said, in a fact, 161 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 5: don't worry about it. He doesn't have to help you. 162 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 5: I control the universe. I have the final say. I 163 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 5: can either change his mind and cause him to want 164 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 5: to help you, or I can move him out and 165 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 5: put somebody in there that will help you. And we 166 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,559 Speaker 5: all face times where somebody is not for us at 167 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 5: the office, playing politics, trying to push you down, at school, 168 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 5: leaving you out, trying to make you look bad. It's 169 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 5: easy to get frustrated and think, man, I'm never going 170 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,559 Speaker 5: to get ahead. These people don't like me. No, don't 171 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 5: worry God has some simple things. God can cause them 172 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 5: to be on vacation when you need a good break. 173 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 5: He can cause them to get transferred to a different department. 174 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 5: Or if God doesn't move them out of the way, 175 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 5: God can cause you to go over them. The scripture 176 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 5: says you can run through a troop or leap over 177 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 5: a wall. Bottom line is God will get you to 178 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 5: where you're supposed to be. A man told how his 179 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 5: neighbor lived next door was very hard to get along with. 180 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 5: They were always having these loud parties way into the night, 181 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 5: and all the neighbors complained, but these people didn't care. 182 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 5: They were very disrespectful and continued to cause trouble. This 183 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 5: has gone on year after year, didn't look like it 184 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 5: would ever change. One day, this man came home from 185 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 5: work and noticed a big moving truck in front of 186 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 5: his next door neighbor's house loading up all their furniture. 187 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 5: He went over to see what was going on. Come 188 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 5: to find out the house was filled with termites. The 189 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 5: people moved out, they never moved back in. He said, Joel, 190 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 5: I had never thanked God for termites until that day. 191 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 5: A simple thing termites. Well, he said, Joel, you really 192 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 5: think God used those little bugs. God used locusts to 193 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 5: change Pharaoh's mind. God used frogs and lizards in the Bible. 194 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 5: I'm not saying to pray termites on your neighbors. But 195 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 5: the point is, sometimes we think God's never gonna change. 196 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 5: I'm gonna have to put up with it the rest 197 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 5: of my life. No, stay in faith. God has some 198 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 5: simple things come in your way. This is what happened 199 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 5: in the scripture to Mordecai. Mordecai was a good man, 200 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,959 Speaker 5: loved God, lived with excellence and integrity. But there was 201 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 5: a man named Hayman that worked for the King Haman 202 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 5: didn't like Mordecai. He had this prestigious position, influential at 203 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 5: the palace, and he was always trying to push Mordecai down, 204 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 5: trying to make him look bad. And in the natural 205 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 5: it seemed like Hayman had an advantage. He had the 206 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 5: king's ear. What could Mordecai do. But one night the 207 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 5: king couldn't sleep and he asked his assistant to bring 208 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 5: one of the books that had the city's history recorded 209 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 5: in it. The assistant randomly grabbed a book and gave 210 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 5: it to the king. The king opened it to a 211 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:54,199 Speaker 5: page that talked about a good deed that Mordecai had 212 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 5: done for the city. Out of all the books the 213 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 5: assistant could have chosen, just so happened he chose this 214 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 5: particular book. Out of all the pages the king could 215 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 5: have turned to. Just so happened he turned to this 216 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 5: particular page. The next day he called Hayman in, said, Hayman, 217 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 5: what do you think we should do to honor a 218 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 5: person that's done a great deed for the city and 219 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 5: serve the king with excellence. Well, Hayman was so caught 220 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 5: up in himself he thought the king was talking about him, 221 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 5: so he played it up real big. He said, King, 222 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 5: I think we should put a royal robe on that person, 223 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 5: have a big parade, march him up and down the 224 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 5: city streets, announcing what a great person he is. The 225 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 5: King said, I like that good idea. Now go find 226 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 5: Mordecai and do just what you said, Hayman. You put 227 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 5: the royal robe on him. You go up and down 228 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 5: the streets, announcing to everyone how honored he is by 229 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 5: the king. A simple thing, the King, reading the right 230 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 5: thing about Mordecai, one putting in a good word for 231 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 5: you can take you where you could never go on 232 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 5: your own. One comment, one phone called, one email. Hey, 233 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,959 Speaker 5: I really like them. They're talented. You're blessed to have them. 234 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 5: A simple thing can cause your boss, your clients, your 235 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 5: coworkers to see you in a whole new light. Quit 236 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 5: worrying about who's trying to hold you back the credit 237 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 5: you're not getting that person trying to make you look bad. 238 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 5: You don't have to fight those battles. God is your vindicator. 239 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 5: God will cause them to see you the way he 240 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 5: wants you to be seen. He'll cause them to hear 241 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 5: what they need to hear. God's already lined up the 242 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 5: right people to put in a good word for you. 243 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 5: Second King's three Jehosaphat and his army met up with 244 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 5: two other friendly armies. They had been traveling through the 245 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 5: desert for seven days on their way to fight another enemy. 246 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 5: When they ran out of water, they didn't realize all 247 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 5: the streams and wells had dried up. Now they had 248 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 5: no water for their men for their animals. It looked 249 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 5: like they would be an easy target for the enemy 250 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 5: that was approaching. King Jehashaphat told his men to go 251 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 5: check with the prophet Elisha to see what was going 252 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 5: to happen, And Elisha said in verse seventeen, you will 253 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 5: see neither wind nor rain, but these valleys will be 254 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 5: filled with water. You will have plenty for yourselves and 255 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 5: for your animals. But this is only a simple thing 256 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 5: for the Lord. He will cause you to be victorious 257 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 5: over all of the enemies. He goes on to tell 258 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 5: how the next day it didn't rain, there wasn't a storm, 259 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 5: but water filled the valley. King Jehasaphat and his men 260 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 5: ended up defeating the enemy went on to conquer those cities. 261 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 5: But what's interesting is this valley suddenly filled up with water, 262 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 5: came out of nowhere middle of the desert, and water 263 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 5: starts flowing. To me, that seems like a big deal, 264 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 5: a great miracle. Yet Elisha said, this is a simple 265 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 5: thing for our God. I've learned what's simple to me 266 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 5: and what's simple to God are two different things. What 267 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 5: God calls simple we would call supernatural, extraordinary. Far and beyond, 268 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 5: your situation may look impossible. You don't see how you 269 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 5: could accomplish a dream, or how you could get well, 270 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 5: how your marriage could be restored. There's no water in 271 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 5: your valley. But God is saying it's not going to 272 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 5: happen in a normal way. You're not going to see clouds, 273 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 5: you're not going to have any rain, but that valley 274 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 5: is going to suddenly fill up with water. In other words, 275 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 5: out of nowhere, you get a good break, your health improves, 276 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 5: the business takes off, you meet the right person, the 277 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 5: situation turns around. That's God giving you water without rain. 278 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 5: You weren't the most qualified, didn't have the most post experience, 279 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 5: but suddenly you were promoted. Suddenly you find yourself where 280 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 5: you could not go on your own. We're thrilled, we're 281 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 5: on cloud nine. But God says, hey, it's no big deal. 282 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 5: It's just a simple thing for me. Maybe. In your health, 283 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 5: the medical report said you'd never get well, the odds 284 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 5: were against you. But you look up like my mother 285 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 5: thirty years later, you're still healthy, who still going strong. 286 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 5: That's what God calls a simple thing. In your finances, 287 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 5: you didn't see how you could get out of debt. 288 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 5: Didn't look good on paper, But that valley began to 289 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 5: fill up with water, not a normal way, not rain, 290 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 5: not something you could take credit for. This was the 291 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 5: hand of God promoting you, giving you wisdom, putting you 292 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 5: at the right place, opening doors that no man can shut. 293 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 5: And if we're going to become everything we were created 294 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,359 Speaker 5: to be, if we're going to reach our highest potential, 295 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 5: we can't go around thinking this is too big, it's 296 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 5: never gonna work out. I never get any good breaks. No, 297 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 5: have a new perspective. It's a simple thing for our God. 298 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 5: He's saying to you what he said to Jehoasaphat. Don't worry, 299 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 5: don't panic, don't turn around, go back home. I'm going 300 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 5: to fill those dry places with water. It's going to 301 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 5: happen suddenly. It's going to be unusual, not what you 302 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 5: were expecting. Water without rain. That means God can heal 303 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 5: you without the treatment. God can promote you even though 304 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:38,360 Speaker 5: you weren't the most qualified. God can increase you beyond 305 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 5: your salary, bring you out of debt, put you into 306 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 5: overflow without the company. Without normal means God has explosive blessings. 307 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 5: When you say, Joel, I feel like I'm in a 308 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,439 Speaker 5: drought today. I hadn't had any good breaks in a 309 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 5: long time. That's just where Jehosaphat was. Don't complain. Get 310 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 5: ready for a simple thing, something and out of the ordinary, 311 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 5: not what you were expecting something that you could not 312 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 5: make happen on your own. I read about a twenty 313 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 5: nine year old young man. He was a minor league 314 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 5: baseball player and a few years back he bought a 315 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 5: fifty acre plot of land from his great aunt so 316 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 5: she could afford to move into a senior's home. He 317 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 5: paid one thousand dollars an acre, fifty thousand dollars for 318 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 5: the property, and it really wasn't valued that high. It 319 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 5: was way out in the country, the middle of nowhere. 320 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 5: He just did it as a favor to his loved 321 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 5: One one day, he was out with some equipment digging 322 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,479 Speaker 5: around on the property, clearing a couple of acres. He 323 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 5: kept hitting this flat stone everywhere he went, right under 324 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 5: the service there was this certain kind of rock. He 325 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 5: called an expert out and they discovered that his property 326 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 5: is filled with something called ghoshen stone. It's some of 327 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 5: the most beautiful and sought after landscaping stone around. Geologists 328 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 5: estimate there are twenty four million tons of goshen stone 329 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:07,199 Speaker 5: on his property. It sells for a little over one 330 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 5: hundred dollars a ton. That calculates out to be a 331 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 5: little over two billion dollars worth of stone. You know 332 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 5: what that is? Water without rain. God increasing you in 333 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 5: unusual ways beyond your salary, beyond what was expected. Why 334 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,360 Speaker 5: don't you take the limits off of God. You may 335 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 5: not see how this can happen, but that's not our job. 336 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 5: Our job is to believe. Our job is to say, God, 337 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 5: I know you have some simple things in my future. God, 338 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 5: I know you can fill my valleys in ways that 339 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,400 Speaker 5: I've never imagined. So Lord, I want to thank you 340 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 5: for the surpassing greatness of your favor. Your faith is 341 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:53,120 Speaker 5: what activates God's power. When you're in a drought, when 342 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 5: you're in a valley, that's when you'll be the most 343 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 5: tempted to get discouraged to complain. If you're not careful, 344 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 5: you'll settle that. Thank Ah, this is my lot in life. 345 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 5: It's never gonna change. Joel I don't see any clouds 346 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 5: in the sky, neither did Jehoshaphat. Yet God said the 347 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 5: valley was going to be filled with water. It would 348 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 5: have been hard enough to believe if God would have 349 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 5: said it was going to rain. They were out in 350 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:22,239 Speaker 5: the desert. It never rains out there. Yet Elisha took 351 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 5: it a step further and said it's not going to rain. 352 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 5: You're not gonna see any clouds, any normal sign of 353 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:32,199 Speaker 5: this happening. But these valleys are going to fill up 354 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 5: with water. Jehosaphat stood at a crossroads. Was he going 355 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 5: to believe that God could do something unusual, unprecedented, out 356 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 5: of the ordinary, or was he just going to look 357 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 5: at it in the natural, reason it out and think, Ah, 358 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 5: it's not gonna happen for me. I never get any 359 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 5: good breaks, I'll never get well, I'll never meet the 360 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 5: right person. I'm in a desert. No, you've got to 361 00:20:55,960 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 5: do what Jehoshaphat did and say, even though I don't 362 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 5: see any sign of this happening, even though it doesn't 363 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 5: make sense in the natural, even though every voice is 364 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 5: telling me it's impossible, I'm going to choose to believe 365 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 5: what God said, that he can bring me water without rain, 366 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,479 Speaker 5: that he can turn this desert into a stream, that 367 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 5: he can make a way where there is no way. 368 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:25,639 Speaker 5: When you believe all things are possible, quit telling yourself 369 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 5: it's too big, it's too hard, it's not going to 370 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 5: work out. You can talk yourself out of God's goodness. 371 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 5: It may look impossible in the natural, but Remember, we 372 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 5: serve a supernatural God. All it takes is one touch 373 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 5: of his favor. This is what happened with the Israelites. 374 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 5: They were in the desert, headed toward the Promised Land. 375 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 5: They got tired of eating manna every day. Mana was 376 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 5: something like bread. They complained to Moses that they didn't 377 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 5: have any meat to eat. God heard the complaining and 378 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 5: told Moses that he was going to give them meat 379 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,439 Speaker 5: for one day, not for five days, not for twenty days, 380 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 5: but for a whole month. Moses said, God, that's impossible. 381 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 5: We're in the desert. There are two million people out here. 382 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 5: Even if we butchered all of our flocks and all 383 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 5: of our herds, we wouldn't have that much meat. God 384 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 5: said Moses. Is there any limit to my power? Moses? 385 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 5: Did you forget that I parted the Red Sea, I 386 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 5: stopped the sun for Joshua. I protected three Hebrew teenagers 387 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:33,880 Speaker 5: from a fiery furnace. Moses, don't you realize I can 388 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,919 Speaker 5: bring water without rain. I can bring meat without a 389 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 5: grocery store. I can guide you through the desert without 390 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:45,119 Speaker 5: a GPS system, using a cloud by day, a pillar 391 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 5: of fire by night. There's no limit to my power. 392 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 5: The scripture says God shifted the direction of the wind 393 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 5: and brought in quall from the sea and caused it 394 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 5: to fall into the camp. God simply breathed in their direction, 395 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 5: and suddenly millions of quall were at their front door. 396 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 5: They didn't have to go looking for it. Honeing fishing. 397 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 5: The quall came to them. God thought of home delivery 398 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 5: way before Domino's. But sometimes we think, Joel, this situation's 399 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 5: never going to change. God is asking you what he 400 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 5: asked Moses. Is there any limit to my power? I 401 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,479 Speaker 5: make streets out of gold. I can bring your dreams 402 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 5: to pass. I breathe life into your body. I can 403 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,640 Speaker 5: correct what's wrong. I control the whole universe. I can 404 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 5: cause things to suddenly fall into place. Imagine that scene. 405 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 5: Every night, for thirty days, two million people sitting down 406 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,719 Speaker 5: in the desert having a steak dinner. You know what, 407 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 5: that was a simple thing. God just breathed on them. 408 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 5: No big deal. Now, you may not need steak in 409 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 5: the desert, but you need healing from an illness. You 410 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,199 Speaker 5: need freedom from an addiction. You need a child to 411 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,639 Speaker 5: come back home. You need a good bright to accomplish 412 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 5: your dream. Why don't you say, God, you did it 413 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,920 Speaker 5: for them, do it for me. God, breathe in my direction, 414 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,199 Speaker 5: show me one of those simple things. God, let me 415 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 5: have water without rain. This is what happened to a 416 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 5: man in the scripture. He was a captain in the army. 417 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 5: He had a young man that lived with him that 418 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 5: was just like his son, that had become very sick 419 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 5: and was close to death. The whole family was distraught 420 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 5: and upset. They didn't know what to do. And this 421 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:37,360 Speaker 5: captain heard that Jesus was in town, and he went 422 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,399 Speaker 5: to him and said, Jesus, my loved one is so sick. 423 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 5: Would you please help me. Jesus said yes, I'll come 424 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 5: to your house right now and heal him. The man said, Jesus, 425 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 5: I'm a captain in the army. I have a lot 426 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:55,119 Speaker 5: of authority when I speak. People obey me. You're busy. 427 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,160 Speaker 5: You don't need to come to my house. Just speak 428 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 5: the word, and I know my loved one will be 429 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 5: made whole. Jesus was amazed. Everyone else would have loved 430 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 5: for Jesus to come to their house. They were all 431 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 5: pulling on him, begging him, but not this man. His 432 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 5: attitude was it's a simple thing for you. It's a 433 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 5: big deal to me, but it's nothing for you. You 434 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 5: spoke worlds into existence. Jesus said, I haven't seen this 435 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 5: great of faith in all of Israel. You can go home. 436 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:32,360 Speaker 5: Your loved one has been healed. Here's my point. When 437 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 5: you face a situation that looks impossible, you don't see 438 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 5: how it could work out, But deep down you know, 439 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 5: for our God it's a simple thing. God calls that 440 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 5: great faith. It may seem like you could never get 441 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 5: out of debt, never pay your house off, never build 442 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 5: that orphanage you're dreaming about. But deep down you know 443 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 5: God takes pleasure in prospering you. You know he's supplying 444 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 5: all of your needs. You know you will lend and 445 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:04,680 Speaker 5: not borrow. That's great faith. The medical report may say 446 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 5: nothing more we can do. The odds are against you, 447 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:12,400 Speaker 5: but deep down you know Jehovah Rapha, the Lord, our healer, 448 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 5: is restoring health back into you. God calls that great faith. 449 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 5: The child that's off course, the legal trouble, the problem 450 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 5: at work looks like it may never turn around. You 451 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 5: could easily live depressed, discourage, stressed out, But instead you 452 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 5: have the attitude God, I know for you. It's a 453 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 5: simple thing. All power is in your hands. God. You 454 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 5: did it for Moses, you did it for Jehosaphath, you 455 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 5: did it for the Army. Captain God, I know you 456 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 5: can do it for me. That's what allows the creator 457 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:48,439 Speaker 5: of the universe to show up and do amazing things. 458 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 5: Whatever you're up against, whatever you're dreaming about, keep the 459 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 5: right perspective. It's a simple thing. For our God. He 460 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 5: can bring water without rain. You may be in a desert, 461 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 5: in a dry place. My encouragement is get ready. Those 462 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 5: valleys are about to be filled. It's going to happen suddenly, 463 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 5: not a normal way, not something you were expecting, something 464 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 5: out of the ordinary. Suddenly the wind shifts in your direction, 465 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 5: like the Israelites, your camp is filled with quail. In 466 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 5: other words, you meet the right person, like the young 467 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 5: lady with the scholarship, or somebody puts in a good 468 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:31,360 Speaker 5: word for you, like Mordecai. Suddenly you're vindicated, you're promoted. 469 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 5: The problem turns around. God's done it in the past, 470 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,479 Speaker 5: He's going to do it again in the future. Now 471 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 5: I believe and declare simple things are coming your way, 472 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 5: supernatural breaks, opportunities, provision, healing, restoration. The winds of God's 473 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:55,160 Speaker 5: favor have shifted in your direction like Jahasafat. You're going 474 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 5: to see water without rain. Your valleys are going to 475 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 5: be filled to over flowing, plenty for yourself, plenty left 476 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 5: over to be a blessing to others. In Jesus's name, 477 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,479 Speaker 5: I declare it, if you receive it? Can you say then? Today? 478 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 5: And we never like to close our broadcast without giving 479 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 5: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 480 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:22,120 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 481 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 482 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 5: you my Lord and save you. Friends. If you prayed 483 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 5: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 484 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 5: into good Bible based church. 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